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@7.1 If your trying to make me laugh, go back to your Austin Powers avatar. Apple isn't even a contender in the PC OS department. Even major gaming magazine dropped apple and mac OS X.? coverage completely.

i don't know how much of this is legit, but i know someone, that works for the Govt. and he works in some of the top secret stuff like the stealth camo suits etc. well he told me not to buy vista, that the govt (home land security) approached MS with an offer to be lighter on the MS regulations if MS aggreed to add in some easedropping software into vista, so they can monitor any and all pc communication. what amount of truth of this i don't know, just saying what i heard...... i use Mac so i don't worry....

i have nothing to hide, i am a designer so i use mac, i was just restating what was told to me, thought maybe someone might know more about it. *cough cough*

but still privacy is also nice. like when it comes to online purchaces with my bank card, how do i know that the included easedropping cant leak that out to some hackers.... we all know MS isnt secure.......

"So even though on the face of things, Microsoft has indeed done well, the jury remains out on how Vista is selling until we see evidence from a further two or three quarters.

In the meantime we'll also have a better idea of how the other Windows barometers, like CPU sales, graphics cards and memory, are performing. The semiconductor firms don't seem to be growing their businesses, just jostling for market share. Microsoft doesn't have that problem, does it?"

Last time I check there is not much serious competition to the OS Market, anyone comes up with one, let me know::

"So even though on the face of things, Microsoft has indeed done well, the jury remains out on how Vista is selling until we see evidence from a further two or three quarters." [[yeah evidence(creditable sources) would be nice whenever you make accusations]]

Well the last time they "bashed" M$ and said they admitted Vista was a failure, which obviously M$ would never admit.....it seems they continue their anti-M$ campaign and again they make accusations but provide no proof to back them up. I really don't think Vista is neccessary yet, except for a very few people, so I could understand if this was the extent of their criticism but it just seems as if they have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to M$....I read alot of their old news articles related to M$ when I saw the last article posted on N4G from them and IMO its clear they never liked Vista long before it was even released....hmmm, I wonder if they like Linux OS?

this could be true, but if someone really wants your info, chances are they'll get it. Even if you do have a mac.

But yeah like IE explorer has privacy issues. I don't use it, i use firefox, and i usually don't buy anything online, and if i do, i shred my temporary internet files. Though that probably wont do the job.

It's paintful isn't? People can't deal with the fact that microsoft is profitable. LOL. Now, we are seing a bunch of articles questioning that fact... I heard of companies ilegally lowering their earning to give less to investors... but exagerating it? LOL.

How is he withholding information by saying that? How is he misleading people by saying that? Could you imagine the CEO of Sony telling investors that PS3 sales aren't as good as everyone expected?

After NPD numbers I heard a Sony official state that 6 million PS3's were sold, when vgchartz shows it at 3 million. That is overstating by 100%. In fact here is a link and snippet: " Chubachi believes that Sony hit their target of 6 million consoles sold at the end of March. ..."